Improvement in clothes-wringers



JAMES WLHA-MPTON.

Improvement 'in Clothes Wrihgers.

120,968, I Patented Nov-14,1871.

JAMES W. HAMPTON, OF MT. PLEASANT, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,968, dated November14, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. HAMPTON, of Mt. Pleasant, in the comity ofHenry and in the State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new andusefulImprovements in a Ulothes-Wringer; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a clothes-wringer, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which--Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 an end view of my clothes-wringer.

A represents the box of a washing-machine for which Letters Patent haverecently been granted to me, and to which I intend to attach myclothes-wringer. It may, however, be attached, if desired, to anywash-machine, or tub, or other suitable place where desired to be used.At one end of the box A are two upright posts or standards, B B, slottedvertically, as shown in Fig 2, and in said slots are placed the journalsof two rubber rollers, O 0, one above the other. The journals of thelower roller rest in the ends of the slots, while the upper roller restsupon the lower roller, and the journals of the upper roller extend farenough beyond the standards B B to receive the semicircular caps orbearing pieces a a on top. These caps are grooved around theircircumference, and a loop, b, formed at the upper end of a rod, D, isplaced over each cap. The lower ends of the rods D D are attached to andnear the outer ends of two levers, E E, which are pivoted on the legs ofthe box A. The inner loose ends of the levers E E meet in a mortise oropening in the end of another lever, G, which is pivoted to a post underthe box. A cord, d, passes from the other end of this lever G over apulley, e, to a treadle, H, which may be placed to either side of thebox so as to be readily pressed upon by the foot of the operator. 0n thejournal of the lower roller 0 is a crank, I, by means of which therollers are revolved, and by pressing upon the treadle H the operatormay produce any desired pressure upon the rollers (l 0. Under theserollers is a pan, J, to conduct the Water into the box A.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the slotted posts or standards B B, rollers (J (3,caps a a, rods D D with loops b b, levers E E and G, and treadle H, allconstructed and arranged as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have.

hereunto set my hand this 28th day of September, 1871.

Witnesses: J. W. HAMPTON.

J. A. SHULL, J. G. HARBIN. (91)

